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Cosplayers have often wondered what they might look like as their anime versions, and now, a new trend is going on in Japan, where several cosplayers have been asking artists in twitter to turn their cosplay photos into anime artworks.

In Netflix's latest move towards more diverse formats in their works, they're not stepping forward with their first-ever original anime, from scratch: a new 12-part series called Perfect Bones. Of course, Netflix is bringing some of the most succe...

Nintendo held a Pokémon Direct, which was a six and a half minute video confirming two new Pokémon games and some new Pokémon Bank capabilities. The big news is that Pokémon Sun & Moon were confirmed for the Nintendo 3DS, and they will have a worl...

JKT48 Haruka Nakagawa announces that she will graduate from JKT48, during "JKT48 REQUEST HOUR -SETLIST BEST 30 2016-" held in Balai Sarbini, Jakarta, on February 27th. She commented about her graduation, saying "I have started to feel like to expe...

Fanart Friday returns, and are you from Tennessee? Because you're--oh. Sorry, I'll stop. Last week, we kicked off the MONTH OF LOVE's two-part "Hawtest" wrap-up with SEXY MEN, and this week we close it all up with SEXY WOMEN!

Arc System Works revealed the latest trailer for Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator, the updated version of their fighter that is releasing this May in Japan and June in North America and Europe. The trailer shows us a variety of character animation, incl...

North American anime distributor FUNimation Entertainment announced on Saturday that it is launching a Kickstarter campaign to gauge interest in and fund a new English dub for The Vision of Escaflowne anime series.

Watch live video from Pokemon on www. twitch. tv Pokemon turns 20 today, and there are a lot of ways to celebrate - but none are as good as watching an entire day's worth of the anime. Starting tonight at 9PM ET, the official Pokemon Twitch channe...

With the new Virtual Console versions of Pokémon Red and Blue just a day away, fans may be happy to learn that these versions have retained the MissingNo. glitch, as is evident in the video below. The Virtual Console versions of Pokémon Red, Blue,...

With a TV anime adaptation of emily's cute-girls-eating-bread 4-panel manga comedy Pan de Peace! coming in April, a listing of who's involved has now been spotted. Hatsuki Tsuji (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) helms the Asahi Production production with Momoko Mura...

By Casey . February 26, 2016 . 12:30pm YouTube user "muu" has gone and recreated two towns from Final Fantasy XIV in Dragon Quest Builders. Though Minecraft is much more known for being used for fan recreations, this Dragon Quest-meets-Minecraft t...

The official website of the TV anime adaptation of Chihiro Ishizuka's Flying Witch manga has revealed that the anime will begin airing on April 10th. In addition, the anime's main cast and first promotional video were all revealed.

Chant it with me: Four more screens! Four more screens! Four more screens! That's what we have from the official website for Digimon World: Next Order, which features the likes of OmegaShoutmon, Titamon, Arresterdramon, and more.

How do you get people interested in a show that came out nearly two decades ago and has largely fulfilled the desires of many fans outside of a lack of a high-definition release? Funimation believes they have the idea with a new Kickstarter now un...

Touhou fans now have the opportunity to play yet another title from the revered franchise in English, as Cubetype's "Touhou Genso Rondo" has been announced for a western release, the game bursting at the seams with more of the bullet-hell mania th...

By Chris Priestman . February 27, 2016 . 12:30pm JAST USA and developer Innocent Grey have released the localized demo of the shoujo-ai visual novel Flowers -Le volume sur Printemps-. You can download it for Windows on Steam.

Whenever I hear about something that's related Tales of Berseria, my desire to check out the game continues to go up each time. With Bandai Namco sharing some more details and screenshots of the title, the game's premise continues to intrigue me.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan has announced the winners of this year's edition of The Japan Gold Disc Award. These awards are based on sales from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Arashi took the top prize, Artist Of The Year, fo...

It's a way to enjoy this weekend's gorgeous weather and get a taste of Japanese culture at the same time. Matsuri: A Festival of Japan is underway this weekend at Science & Heritage Park, located at 7th Street & Monroe in Phoenix.

Funimation previously revealed the dub cast for the English language adaptation of Rage of Bahamut. The first season is coming out on DVD/BD combo release on April 26th, 2016 as well as a limited edition version for $84.

If you love anime and you're looking for affordable housing in Tokyo, your search may be over. It's ironic that even though animation occupies a prominent place in Japanese society, there's very little social aspect to watching anime in the country.

Shirai announced her graduation from Jyujyu. As a result, the idol group is on hiatus since only one member is remaining, Neu. In addition, it has been announced that Jyujyu staff was going to hold audition in March to recruit new members.

Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki today released a new batch of screenshots of Shenmue 3, the successfully Kickstarted sequel to the estranged RPG franchise. The beautiful but bite-sized images were posted to the game's Kickstarter ahead of Suzuki's prese...

Fans of All Ages Can Discover Exciting New Adventures in the Newest POKÉMON Feature Film Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: VIZ. com/Pokemon Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest publisher, d...

This is an RSS version of the original article. Please visit www. otakustudy. com for the full post. Continuing to provide new content for Dead or Alive 5 Last Round in addition to generating hype for their upcoming hack 'n' slash strategy game Sa...

Funimation has the first part of Garo: The Animation coming up on DVD/BD combo on April 26th, 2016 and they've now revealed the first English trailer for it as well as the cast and staff. The series has Caitlin Glass as the ADR director with scrip...

By Chris Priestman . February 26, 2016 . 5:30pm Final Fantasy Record Keeper's new challenge event, Destiny's Path, lets you recruit Jecht, Yuna, and Tidus from Final Fantasy X. As always, if you already have one of these characters then you'll get...

'崩御' (Hougyo) "Death of the Emperor" Study history. If the emperor had done that, a lot of problems could have been avoided. Munechika's Sacrifice What, exactly, was the point of Haku & co scoring any kind of victory last week, when they were goin...

Fans of Japanese manga, anime, games and cosplay will have more to look forward to in July this year. Leading Entertainment Company, Bushiroad Inc, in partnership with ASATSU-DK INC. , SOTSU CO. , LTD.

The official website of the upcoming original anime HaiFuri has revealed that the TV series will begin its debut on the midnight of April 9th/10th. In addition, the main theme songs of the anime have also been revealed.